3. Strategic aim 3: promote a cybersecurity culture in Senegal;
4. Strategic aim 4: strengthen resources and technical knowhow in cybersecurity in all
sectors
5. Strategic aim 5: be involved in regional and international work on cybersecurity.
3.3 Governing principles
In realising these aims, the Government of Senegal will follow the principles below:
1. The primacy of law: SNC2022 will be implemented in accordance with the laws in
force in Senegal and international standards to protect rights in Senegal.
2. Shared responsibility: SNC 2022 will ensure that everyone involved in the
cybersecurity ecosystem in Senegal, such as the authorities, businesses and other
organisations and private individuals, commits themselves to protecting their data and
IT systems to ensure they are robust and help ensure that other stakeholders' data and
IT systems are secure.
3. A risk-based approach: the Government of Senegal commits itself to ensuring that
everyone involved in the cybersecurity ecosystem in Senegal, such as the authorities,
businesses and other organisations and private individuals, adopts a risk-based
approach in evaluating and monitoring threats, in responding to incidents in
cyberspace or in working in cybersecurity.
4. Universal access to cyberspace and using it to the full: the Government of
Senegal will work to ensure that everyone involved in the cybersecurity ecosystem in
Senegal, such as the authorities, businesses and other organisations and private
individuals enjoys cyberspace to the full and uses it to the full to develop encourage
more extended socioeconomic development in Senegal.
5. Cooperation and collaboration amongst stakeholders: the Government of Senegal
recognises the roles and responsibilities of the different players involved in protecting
the interests of the Senegalese in cyberspace, and commits itself to working and
cooperating with all the stakeholders involved in the cybersecurity ecosystem in
Senegal, such as the authorities, businesses and other organisations and private
individuals and organisations outside Senegal and with international organisations to
protect Senegal in cyberspace.
3.4 Overall approach to achieve these strategic aims
To ensure everything we do in terms of cybersecurity is as harmonised as possible, SNC2022
will be implemented as follows.
In implementing SNC2022, the Government of Senegal will work proactively to ensure
that the tools and resources required to ensure the public and private sectors, civil
society and anyone living in Senegal are sheltered from cyberthreats. It must also
ensure that all the players above can develop the skills and resources and the ability to
protect their IT systems and data per se dynamically.
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